NO-BRAINER: Modern Human Brains Less Error-Prone Than Neanderthals, Says Study

Visualization of fewer chromosome segregation errors in modern human in contrast to Neanderthal neural stem cells in an undated photo. German researchers discovered differences in the development of Neanderthal and modern human brains, as of Friday, July 29, 2022. Note: Licensed photo. (Felipe Mora-Bermudez, MPI-CBG/Newsflash) Visualization of fewer chromosome segregation errors in modern human in contrast to Neanderthal neural stem cells in an undated photo. German researchers discovered differences in the development of Neanderthal and modern human brains, as of Friday, July 29, 2022. Note: Licensed photo. (Felipe Mora-Bermudez, MPI-CBG/Newsflash)
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04 August 2022
Modern human brains make fewer mistakes than those of Neanderthals despite being of similar size, scientists in Germany have found. Researchers from the German Max Planck Institute have discovered that neural stem cells – the cells from which neurons in the developing neocortex derive –...